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N53JB

Chance Vought F4U-4

N53JB is a Chance Vought F4U-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 1 seat. It is registered to War Eagles Air Museum, a corporation in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 11, 1995 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated March 18, 1981.

Aircraft

Maker
Chance Vought
Model
F4U-4
Serial number
BU81698
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P & W R-2800 SERIES · 2000 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1942
Cruising speed
202 mph
Transponder code
A6AEDE (octal 51527336)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 11, 1995
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · March 18, 1981
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00852655

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
War Eagles Air Museum
Type
Corporation
Address
8012 Airport Rd
Santa Teresa, NM 88008-9719

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data